The Economy/ Contents

Utilities

H. Osman Rani, M. Anuar Adnan and Mohamed Aslam

Malaysia has succeeded in providing safe and adequate utilities to its people and industries. The management of water, electricity and sewerage was initially the responsibility of the government, but has been gradually corporatized and privatized over the years.

  • Information in the full article includes
  • Water
  • Electricity
  • Sewerage and waste
Electrical transmission towers

Electrical transmission towers at sunset. In mid-2005, there were 6 million electricity consumers in Peninsular Malaysia, 335,800 in Sabah and 400,348 in Sarawak.